HISD schedules job sessions for North Forest employees

The North Forest school board has been quite reluctant to let employees go. As we wrote last week, North Forest trustees refused to follow a state order to give their teachers official notice that their contracts expire at the end of this school year, as the school district is under state order to shut down.

Still, the Houston Independent School District, ordered by the state to take over North Forest ISD on July 1, is moving forward with the process. HISD announced Tuesday that it will hold a job information session for North Forest employees on Friday. The event will take place from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m at HISD’s Delmar-Tusa Athletics Center, 2020 Mangum. HISD officials will discuss the application process and will be available to answer questions.

“We encourage all North Forest employees interested in joining Team HISD to come and take advantage of this opportunity,” Patra Brannon, HISD’s general manager of talent acquisition, said in a statement.

HISD will hold a separate event for non-instructional employees in the areas of construction, maintenance, food services, police, transportation and warehouse from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at 6801 Bennington.